The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-08
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HOLMAN IS RESPITED.
THE GOVERNOR GRANTS HIM
THIRTY DAYS.

New Evidence of Holman's Innocence
Great Trouble About Special
Taxes-An Obstreperous Safe Conn
pany-King to Go to South Carolinaa
Capt. Burke Resigns. #
ATLANTA, GA, June THE GovernoN
intervened again to-day for Holman, tele%
graphing to Dalton a thirty-day respta.&
This action was voluntarily made withotI&
any application for respite. Informatiom
reached the Governor to-day, of which h&
had no previous knowledge. He thought e
should be investigated The controlling iitsi
fuence was letter from prominent
and very intelligent Dalton lady
making a strong and pathetic appeal foK
the Governor to look into the case furtheIsx
being impressed that E. Holman is innd.
cent. The following extract from the lette&
covers the ground of the respite: "The bow.
scarcely a man, and almost an imbecile,
William Holman, now sentenced to t<f
hung on Thursday next, is isdeserving of yoli1<
clemency. He is doubtless innoceii&
of the murder of Matilda Gudger, and hary
been used as the tool of a wicked woma -
and her acconplice, Charles Patton TO assis
In secreting the body after the murder. O.
the merits or demerits of this cas~5
you have probably been u
formed by the counsel, q
the jurymen, who have found their misli
take, as well as by one of the prosecutor
and by the judge who sentenced him
write to ask that the rumors now in circi1/
lation Of his having murdered a negro
Chattanooga may be credited to a d6#
ordered brain" M
His long confinement has proved upo11t
mental nh t1tfin trrf
he is n wreck, and cannot at times recogni ~
the members Of his own family. The mur4f
der with which he now charges himse lfsx
though earnestly protesting his innocenc4s
of the one for which he was trieo
and sentenced, was the killing of a negnok
III Chattanooga. When Holman was nN
with mumps and delirious, he heard III
read from the papers, and in his fevex
imagined himself the murderer. Since them
in his attacks of mental alteration, 1C<
always seems possessed with the same ha}<'
lucination. While this does not go to provnt
his innocence Of the crime of which he ~
convicted, still if he is in the mental colles
dition alleged, taken within the othe1N
features of the case, there is probabilitNx
that the sentence win yet be commuted.
MUST PAY THE TAXES FIRST.
An agent of Halls Safe and Lock Com
pany, Louisville, has been hauled up by tnt<
lux AOllttbOT OF AOWeb1 lot sfiilIlR hflIes ..4
Newman without registering with The OrdI{.
nary and paying the special tax. The con-
pany ON being Informed, writes the collectQI.
that the special tax is unconstitutional, an0.
cites the United States constitutiol&
about the interstate commerce and receIrI
decision to the United States Supreme Conn
about taxing drummers. They say theX
will not pay the tax and threaten the COZ,
lector IL he gives them any annoyancq&
trouble or expense about it, VIII
sue him, his bondsnen, am.
the State for damages. Tn
collector referred the matter to the Comr1t
troller, who wrote back this afternoon ''tC|
suspend the collection of all special taxa
where the constitutional point was raised1
but swear out warrant against the agen.
for not registering with the Ordinary#
Have him arrested and prosecuted
PHELAN's AFFAIRS.
IL is reported to- day that Phelan's labiIf@
ties in Atlanta will approximate $3.50, COO
A creditors meeting is to be held Friday a.
the exchange.
An executive warrant was issued today
in favor of the Treasurer for S13,631, to
cover bonds and interest paid and cancelled.
OF this, 1881 is for the Baby" bonds.
''coNsTITUTIoN' NOT INTENSIFIED.
In reply to the reports that the Constitts-
tfon had large interest in the new man.
agement Of the Journal, Editor Carter
states TO the NEWS reporter that no one in
any way connected with the Constitution
has a cents interest in the Journal
The requisition for King, the negro
preacher and teacher, held at Griffin for for.
gerry arrived to-day and the South Carolina
Sheriff went for his prisoner this afternoon.
CAPT. BURKE RESIGNS.
Capt. Joseph Burke, Of the Gate City
Guard, rendered his resignation tonight,
and it was accepted without any dissenting
voices.